Senior Database Engineer

We're seeking a highly skilled and motivated Database Engineer to join our dynamic Service Run team. Join us, as well as making a difference to customers, you'll enjoy a fulfilling career where you're free to be yourself. Great colleagues, transforming workspaces, hybrid working and a wide variety of career opportunities - you'll find them all here. As a Database Engineer, you'll play a crucial role in ensuring the optimal performance and reliability of our applications and IT systems. Your primary responsibility will be to implement and manage database solutions, analyse data, and collaborate with other teams to address related issues. The ideal candidate will be passionate about improving system performance, delivering efficient, reliable, and effective database solutions. This role covers a shift working pattern you'll be expected to work across 12 hours shifts that are Monday to Friday 7am to 3pm. 9am to 5pm and 11am to 7pm. Outside of those hours you'll be expected to provide an On Call capability on a rota. That will ensure we have a 24 x 7hrs and 365 days a year capability. Within ECP we look after >100 applications hosted on a variety of technologies. To be very familiar with Economic Crime Prevention and Payments Industry would be an advantage. What you'll do The primary functions will be to provide database/application administration and support as and when required.

• Management of Oracle, SQL Server, and Postgres Databases.
• Administration of applications.
• Providing DBA and Application support services.
• Setup, management, and support of databases and applications.
• Producing standard documentation and procedures.
• Problem management, working to eliminate repeat incidents.
• Ensure compliance with quality standards.
• Available to work and operate within call-out structure for out-of-hours and some weekend working requirements.
• Ensure data integrity, security, and performance of databases.
• Line management of two other database engineers, provided coaching, support and direction.
  
  Database administration, upgrades, performance tuning and backup/recovery.
• An ability to provide application services, upgrades, and administration.
• Analytical and organised.
• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills.
• An adaptable attitude, wanting to provide a good service.
• Good communication and client facing/customer service skills.
• Support and provide technical advice on these technologies and promote best practise to the wider team.
It would be great if you also had
• Oracle Accreditation.
• SQL Server Accreditation.
• Postgres Accreditation
• Experience with SQL Server 2012 + would be beneficial.
  
  We're on an exciting journey to transform our Group and the way we're shaping finance for good. We're focusing on the future, investing in our technologies, workplaces, and colleagues to make our Group a great place for everyone. Including you!, Our focus is to ensure we're inclusive every day, building an organisation that reflects modern society and celebrates diversity in/all its forms.
We want our people to feel that they belong and can be their best, regardless of background, identity or culture. We were one of the first major organisations to set goals on diversity in senior roles, create a menopause health package, and a dedicated Working with Cancer initiative. And it's why we especially welcome applications from under-represented groups. We're disability confident. So, if you'd like reasonable adjustments to be made to our recruitment processes, just let us know. We also offer a wide-ranging benefits package, which includes:
• A generous pension contribution of up to 15%.
• An annual bonus award, subject to Group performance.
• Share schemes including free shares.
• Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping.
• 30 days' holiday, with bank holidays on top.
• A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies.
Ready for a career where you can have a positive impact as you learn, grow and thrive? Apply today and find out more. At Lloyds Banking Group, we're driven by a clear purpose; to help Britain prosper. Across the Group, our colleagues are focused on making a difference to customers, businesses and communities. With us you'll have a key role to play in shaping the financial services of the future, whilst the scale and reach of our Group means you'll have many opportunities to learn, grow and develop. We keep your data safe. So, we'll only ever ask you to provide confidential or sensitive information once you have formally been invited along to an interview or accepted a verbal offer to join us which is when we run our background checks. We'll always explain what we need and why, with any request coming from a trusted Lloyds Banking Group person. We're focused on creating a values-led culture and are committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the customers and communities we serve. Together we're building a truly inclusive workplace where all of our colleagues have the opportunity to make a real difference.